Friday, February 22, 2013

A Full Bobbin of Thread Later

All the edges of the pieces have been
finished. And 4 (of 6) skirts seams have been sewn.

It hardly seems like progress at
all—it's still just prep work. And there is still more prep work
to do!

I haven't yet cut center front
interfacing for the vest, or waistband interfacing for skirt—and
once cut, these still need to be ironed on.

But they won't take long, nor will the
pressing, and the work today should be all visible progress—First
the skirt will come together, and followed by the vest out side,
then the vest lining. I might even progress to getting the two vest
parts assembled. (I might not—I never got out yesterday—and I
need breakfast food.)

I might even get the scrabble bag done
too.

I didn't finish the turquoise
shirt—It's on a hanger, with the sleeves pinned in place. I just
didn't want to spend any more time on it. After the black set, I
will sew up the red vest, and then? I dunno!

I am thinking to first alter the
jumper/pull over dress pattern—and make a version in the putty
twill, and maybe, at the same time cut out a skirt in the pretty blue
print, and an other version of the skirt and vest in the solid navy.

Pairs of skirts and vests, some in
solids, some in prints, some very color coordinated, some not so
much, along with a few jumper dresses have become my uniform.

But that is pretty standard for me.
The basic uniform has changed over the years—and on and off, pants
get added to the mix—denim and cord jeans when I was a teen, and
then off and on again over the years, I have had times when pants
were preferred, and predominated. I still own a few pairs of dressy
pants—pleated fronts, inset pockets—one pair in a machine
washable wool blend, another few in summery (light weight) linens.
But I have always liked skirts. I think they are freer—easier to
wear, easier to function in.

Just like my clothing—my meals tend
to have a uniform quality to them. Rice cakes with almond butter, a
small scoop of cottage cheese, a small orange and coffee. Come the
warm weather, and berries or melon are substituted for the orange,
and the coffee is iced (black).

Though this week, I have been changing
up. I ran out of rice cakes on Monday, and the last scoop of cottage
cheese on Tuesday. By tomorrow, I won't have any oranges.

Yesterday, I had a different, but
healthy breakfast of eggs Florentine. LOTS of spinach—and a goodly
amount of onion, too. When the spinach was just warm, I shaped the
mass into a figure 8 and then nestled an egg each half. The spinach
was cooked before the whites of the egg (on top) were set, so I just
buried the eggs in warm spinach, to finish them cooking. (The yolks
remained soft and liquid) A goodly grind of sea salt and pepper
were the final touches. It's a very filling breakfast—and a good
way to get more green vegetables in my diet. (Well in theory—but
truth is, I had a very small salad at dinner—so my daily average
really didn't increase.)

My other alternate breakfast is
oatmeal.. (I had that Tuesday and Wednesday!) I am low on oat meal
too, so I really must head out and get rice cakes, and cottage
cheese, coffee, and oranges, steel cut out meal (if they have it),
(and maybe even some eggs!) While I am at it, some more salad
greens, and sweet potatoes.